"No more blackmail." A goal against prevarication and prejudice: it was ideally scored - with a hypothetical bicycle kick - by the Juventus Women player, Sara Bjork-Gunnarsdottir, 32 years old. The Icelandic athlete has won the case against Lyon for the failure to recognize the entire salary that was due to be paid during her pregnancy.
Having become pregnant in early 2021, Bjork-Gunnarsdottir had turned to Fifpro to appeal to Fifa . The organization that manages football in the world has established that the club must pay the amount, equal to 82,094 euros. "Finally I'm telling my story after getting pregnant in Lyon, the treatments I received during my pregnancy and returning to the field," the footballer announced via social media on the day when, after the deadline for a possible appeal, the sentence it has become permanent. «I was entitled to my entire salary – he explained via Twitter -: this cannot be disputed even by a big club like Lyon. This is not just a business. It's about my rights as a worker, as a woman and as a human being. Victory is bigger than me. It is a guarantee of financial security for all players who want to have a child during their career."
It is a historic success, which projects the women's football movement towards the conquest of new goals on the rights of female athletes. Last May's ruling came directly from the Fifa Dispute Resolution Chamber, which forced Lyon, Bjork-Gunnarsdottir's former team, to pay 82,094.82 euros as residual compensation and 5% of accrued interest between 10 September 2021 and the date of payment of the amount due. The FIFPro union of footballers and female footballers prof. announced the end of the case which, in the absence of an appeal by Lyon, ended with the FIFA ruling.
